“I want the people making this music to stick to what they know in terms of ensuring that they remain true to that and the authenticity. Don't be afraid to be original and explore of course, but don't necessarily abandon certain standards in order to try to appeal to other people.” PeopleKnowsWantTryingCertainOrderCoursesTermStandardsOriginalsSticksAuthenticityAppealsAbandon Author:Jlin
“There's a lot of failing. Failure to me is a lot more important than success because the learning from it is so important. You have to be willing to fail, to step outside of yourself and you can't have a comfort zone. I had to learn that and I'm still learning that.” StillsImportantStepsFailingWillingComfortZoneComfort Zone Author:Jlin
“My comfort zone musically, I wouldn't necessarily say I have one now. But, when I did have one, I can definitely identify that it was sampling. I had to identify it honestly as sampling because I started to become dependent on using samples in order to make a track rather than being dependent on myself to make the track because I maybe didn't trust myself enough then.” I CanEnoughOrderComfortTrackHonestlyDependentZoneComfort ZoneSampleSamplingTrust Myself Author:Jlin
“I have to dig from myself versus digging from something that I like. Digging from something you like is easy whereas from your inside, it's a totally different ballgame altogether. That's not a matter between picking red and blue, it's not like that. It's a decision, it's a choice and, like I've said in the past, it's like jumping off a cliff and hoping you survive the jump.” SaidDifferentMatterPastChoicesEasyDecisionRedBlueVersusJumpingCliffsDiggingJumping OffBallgameJumping Off A CliffRed And Blue Author:Jlin
“I suppose I like to give people something to talk and think about. I can just be the person that kind of put a message in the bottle to see where it ends up.” PeopleThinkingGivingKindPersonsI CanEndsMessagesBottles Author:Jlin
“I love to be challenged. I like to be in places where I don't have easy ways out; it's either I do it or I don't and, in my mind, I don't really have the option of don't.” WayMindEasyEasy Way Author:Jlin
“I like somebody I can consider edgy, because, I also find that when people see me; the first thing they might think about me, musically, is that I rap or make beats, in the sense of trap or hip-hop or whatever, and when they hear what I actually create, they'll often be like, 'Wait a minute, I wasn't expecting this'.” PeopleThinkingFirstsI CanMightWaitingMinutesBeatsHip HopRapHipsHopsExpectingTrapsOften IsEdgy Author:Jlin
“Well, when you think music-wise, and if you hang with me or you see me or whatever, the average person will be like 'oh yeah, she probably raps'. This is that stereotype and then I do what I do, so they're more like 'oh, I wasn't expecting this whatsoever'. This especially links with the idea of being a woman in this kind of work and within the footwork genre.” IfsThinkingWellsKindPersonsIdeasWiseYeahAverageRapGenreLinksExpectingStereotypeBeing A WomanAverage PersonFootwork Author:Jlin
“If I'm good at something, I'm good at something, and if I'm bad at something, I'm just bad at something. Gender shouldn't have anything to do with any of my work or anything I produce or create.” IfsProduceGender Author:Jlin
“It's like, say you're a dancer and you've been studying modern dance your whole life so you're used to a certain aesthetic of music or motivation or influence, if I send you something that you're totally not used to or don't understand, rarely does that work. On the average, you're not gonna feel that and it won't be you. You have to be in there.” IfsFeelsDoeWholeUsedMotivationCertainStudyInfluenceModernAverageWhole LifeDancerBe YouAestheticModern Dance Author:Jlin